cinereus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kiˈne.re.us/, [kɪˈnɛreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈne.re.us/, [t͡ʃiˈnɛːreus]
Adjective edit
cinereus (feminine cinerea, neuter cinereum); first/second-declension adjective
- ashen, like ashes
- ash-colored, gray
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cinereus | cinerea | cinereum | cinereī | cinereae | cinerea | |
| Genitive | cinereī | cinereae | cinereī | cinereōrum | cinereārum | cinereōrum | |
| Dative | cinereō | cinereō | cinereīs | ||||
| Accusative | cinereum | cineream | cinereum | cinereōs | cinereās | cinerea | |
| Ablative | cinereō | cinereā | cinereō | cinereīs | |||
| Vocative | cineree | cinerea | cinereum | cinereī | cinereae | cinerea | |
Synonyms edit
- (like ashes): cinerāceus, cinericius
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
| albus, candidus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
| ruber, rūfus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References edit
- “cinereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cinereus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette